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elephant guns

elephant guns is the plural of elephant gun.

Meaning of elephant gun

Noun

elephant gun (plural elephant guns)

  1. A large-calibre firearm capable of killing an elephant or other big game.
    • Lord John was standing at gaze with his finger on the trigger of his elephant-gun, his eager hunter's soul shining from his fierce eyes.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Questions about elephant guns

What is elephant guns the plural of?
Elephant guns is the plural of elephant gun.

Words near elephant guns in the dictionary

  1. elephant foot yams
  2. elephant garlic
  3. elephant grass
  4. elephant grasses
  5. elephant gun
  6. elephant guns
  7. elephant in the corner
  8. elephant in the room
  9. elephant juice
  10. elephant leg
  11. elephant legs

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